Category: Sculptor

As CEO of the London-based Global Arts Productions Michael Haggiag was an award-winning
film and television producer with a background in the visual arts when he retired from
production in 2014 and turned to art and photography full time. As early as the 1970s he had
worked as editorial director of Aurum Press, a leading photographic publisher of the time,
and honed his visual skills by editing such iconic photographers as Frank Horvat, David Bailey,
Helmut Newton, and Eliot Porter. However, embarking on his own career later in life, he has
taken a very different path, exploring the expressive possibilities of abstract photography, and
its relationship to art in general. He has also experimented with large wall mounted collages
and most recently with free standing installations. FLOATING CUBE represents one of the first
full-scale outdoor pieces, destined for an outdoor public space or garden.

2015/2016 
Solo Exhibition CLOSE UP I 29 August –18 September: Il Exhibitions
2017 Solo Exhibition THE ROAD TAKEN: 18 November – 31 December Freight & Volume Gallery
NYC
2018 Roche Babois Exhibit at Art Basel Miami: December 2018
2019 Exhibit with Window Display: 14 August – 28 August 2019 Galleria Ca’D’Oro, NYC
2020 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA): March 2020 Exhibition and Video Auction Sale
2020 135 Palm, International Designer Rita Chaibi, Miami Beach, FLA May 2020.

Jamie Hart, graduate of Bath Academy, sculptor produces hand crafted pieces at his Dorset studio. Driven by a profound desire to capture the intricacies and nuances of the human condition, Jamie’s sculptures offer a thoughtful exploration of the complexities of our existence. Whether taking inspiration from reality or the realm of imagination, his pieces are imbued with a profound sense of depth and emotion. Adhering to a stringent set of artistic constraints, Jamie adeptly creates works that are both visually striking and conceptually profound. Bold and unapologetic, Jamie Hart’s sculptures are a testament to the enduring power of the human spirit. Drawing inspiration from the local environment. His work reflects his devotion to sustainability and his deep appreciation for the beauty of nature. For years, he has diligently collected roots and waste hard wood, with the intention of transforming them into heartfelt sculptures. Allowing the natural characteristics of the wood to guide his designs, resulting in strikingly simple forms that emanate strength and boldness. Through his sculptures, Jamie aims to showcase the raw beauty of his chosen medium, inviting viewers to reconnect with the natural world.

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About Alex R T Davies MRSS 

Alex R T Davies, member of Royal Society of Sculptors, has been making sculpture and other objects, mostly in metal, for the last 30 years. During this time he has exhibited his sculptures in a number of exhibitions, galleries, art fairs and sculpture gardens. 

Alex’s work has recently featured goats as an inspiration and starting point. ‘The significance of using a goat in my sculpture relates to the historical use of goats in imagery and art, as gods, devils and a symbol of endurance. As an animal it lives and survives in so many different environments and has adapted to survive from deserts to mountains and much more’.

After leaving art college in the early 90’s, he set up an artist blacksmith business (Red Forge) making and designing commissioned sculpture, furniture and architectural iron work. By the end of the 90’s he had started working in bronze, casting for many well known artists, owning and managing foundries in Corsham, London and Essex. In 2008 he moved back to Surrey to further establish his own Fine Art Foundry, Milwyn Casting Ltd, which is based in West Molesey, Surrey. 

Recent highlights as an artist have been, having two sculptures, Party Animal and The Kiss, selected for the Kingston Sculpture trail.  ‘Party Animal’ won the public vote out of 7 sculptures, with over 50% of the vote, for most popular sculpture on the trail and is now a permanent public art work in the Market square Kingston. Also the 10 Gram Challenge, devised and produced by Alex, a response to the first coronavirus lockdown. He invited Members of the Royal Society of Sculptors to make sculptures using 10 grams of provided wax, which he then lost-wax cast into bronze. Over 200 sculptors were involved with the results exhibited at Dora House (home of the RSS). Another recent highlight was being shortlisted to produce a live sculpture for the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. 

ABOUT JANE SHAW

Her love of sculpture began when she grew up in Gloucestershire and she was very fortunate to have a great sculpture teacher at school, who saved her from the hot-house of academia and has been a great inspiration even to this day!  After completing a degree in History of Art at Manchester University, Jane spent her early career with a London firm of Fine Art Valuers and Consultants travelling and living abroad before returning to London to set up and run a recruitment company, which she then sold after a decade.

On moving to Dorset in 2013, she revived her love for sculpture inspired by her life long interest in wildlife, and the outdoors.  Jane is passionate about capturing the overall emotion and movement of animals and wildlife in her in her work.  Her focus is to portray the character and emotion of each individual animal by using fluid, spontaneous and strong gestural strokes in any material she uses.  Jane does not shy away from the ugly –  as she says: ‘Ugly is beautiful’ and can create a statement of feeling through any subject she chooses, whether wildlife, domestic animals, equestrian or figurative.   Often working directly from life, she produces bronzes for both inside the home as well as garden pieces on a larger scale.

Jane’s total passion for her work, has led her to win several sculpture awards, and continues with her own sculpture projects alongside commissions,  mainly focusing on wildlife and animals.  She exhibits in London and nationally and welcomes visits to the studio and her garden in Dorset where she has a permanent display of her outside work.

Her message to herself : ‘I must never tire from looking, observing and learning’.

Stacey Beaumont

Stacey explores the transitional effect of light through glass, studying the changing natural rhythms that surround us to capture an energy which transforms installations into works that are dynamic and responsive to their environments.

She primarily uses reclaimed Delabole slate to create texture, form and structure for her sculptures. Beach-combing the Cornish coast provides Stacey more than just inspiration, and found objects often bring their own stories and character to pieces. 

Glass is hand-selected from specialist and artisan suppliers with each new project in mind.  Her works are truly unique and cannot be exactly replicated or cast due to the materials and creative processes she employs.

Stacey is strongly influenced by the stunning natural environment surrounding her workshop on the north Cornish coast, as well as her childhood in Africa and travels since.

Régis Chaperon started working in stone at seventeen. After ten years of of training in France, his natural sensitivity for form led him to Carrara, as an assistant for other artists, where he started creating his first sculptures and later to the University of Valencia, where he became engaged with contemporary concepts of art. His sculptures are now in public spaces and private collections in England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Bermudas islands and Australia. He has also become involved with urban and interior design, bringing together his artistic vision and his technical knowledge of working with stone.

Combining the ancient art of Japanese paper folding with the immutable nature of stone, Régis brings beauty and an unexpected twist to the folds of his elegant sculptures. Using pure and simple lines, the stone appears to have been carefully creased and bent, transformed into intricate expressions of reality. By continually exploring the geometric constraints within his work, Régis injects an utterly modern approach to stone sculpting with this unusual marriage of origami and stone. Origami is a universal language that everybody understands and is  connecting with everyone since our childhood, when we were folding paper planes.

Ellie uses the traditional method of leaded stained glass to create contemporary and
stunning art for outdoor spaces. She works in collaboration with an artist/blacksmith friend
and her local forge who make the bespoke steel frames for her.
She hand crafts her sculptures using traditional techniques, incorporating exquisite textured
and beautiful coloured glass, giving a quality of depth and life as the weather, the seasons
and the light change.
Ellie is inspired by nature and the natural shapes and forms found within the botanical
world. She loves the contradiction of working with brittle material like glass, to create soft,
curvaceous natural forms. Every step in the creative process brings Ellie a sense of joy and
positive well-being.
Her art draws in the observer, instilling a sense of calm contemplation as the sculptures
nestle in harmony with nature.
Ellie has successfully exhibited her work in many prestigious gardens throughout Sussex
including Borde Hill Gardens, One Garden, The Sussex Prairie Gardens and as a member of
the Surrey Sculpture Society, will be in some exciting locations for the first time in 2023.

Michael studied Fine Art Sculpture at Cardiff UWIC,
graduating in 1996. Having spent a number of years
working with young people Michael has now re-
established his practice as an artist.
Michael’s sculptures often portray the human form in a
playful way, exploring scale and the ordinary. His work
evokes and captures a feeling or moment, suggesting at
the life within. Michael has worked to commission
creating larger site specific work and also creates work
from his studio in the Forest of Dean.

Cameron Scott

A bit about me
I was born in Kintore, a small village near Aberdeen, and in 1962 went to Grays
School of Art Aberdeen. My degree was in Textiles and Embroidery, and I then won
the at the end of the course I, and couple of hundred other art students, entered the
national Cinzano Award which allowed me, for 9 months, to work and study in
fashion houses in Milan, Florence and Paris. I had thought before this, I would be
either a freelance designer or work in a design house.
These 9 months showed me this wasn’t what I wanted to do and so I became a
teacher. After a year teaching in secondary and primary schools in Aberdeen I
applied for, and got, a post at Falmouth School of Art.
I then taught for 25 years in various art schools from Falmouth to Salford and
finished as Head of School of Art in Burnley.
Whilst at Shrewsbury School of Art, the technician, Cliff, found some old boxes of
chisels which he was going to throw out. I took one and, after it sat in my studio for
about 6 months, I decided I should try using them.
The first wood for my carvings was old shelves in my studio, as I wasn’t going to pay
out money for wood and discover I hated carving. The initial carvings were more
assemblages than anything else, but as I progressed, I started realising what you
could do in relief carving.

I have exhibited widely from the Saatchi Gallery, Centrespace Bristol, Fitzrovia
Gallery, London Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Brewhouse Art Centre,
Taunton Royal Cambrian Academy, Portico Gallery Manchester, 44AD Bath, Weston
Park Shropshire, Grain Gallery Sherbourne, Cartwright Gallery Bradford, Tricycle
Theatre, London, Salford Art Gallery, Castle Cary Art Gallery, Ikon Gallery amongst
many others. I was also recently awarded the John Doubleday Award at the Oxford
International Art Contest 20

A bit about my work
I have been producing art for over 60 years and the common thread to all my work is
that the pieces are stories around my life. The places I have lived – Kintore,
Aberdeenshire, (my home village), my time in Italy, my recent move to South West
England; memories of my childhood, looking out my bedroom window in a small
Scottish village hoping for a different life; being a student in the 60s in Aberdeen;
working in fashion houses in Italy. Also the people from my life, my parents, my
family, and artists who have influenced me. All these jumbled thoughts become a
slightly surreal narrative.

Ideas for my work come from exploring a journey which moves through past and
present, with recurring themes such as the window as a frame for memories (but
also an escape/route to another life); objects from my life are often presented on the
black and white checkerboard marble floor of Aberdeen Art Gallery – now my own
gallery/museum.
 
When I moved to the South West I was taken with the standing stones and the chalk
figures on hillsides which made me go back to North East Scotland, particularly the
region from Aberdeenshire down to Perthshire to look at the Pictish decorated
standing stones which are peculiar to that region. I actually, as a child, lived about 20
yards from a Pictish stone in the village graveyard, but at the time it meant very little
to me. These Pictish stones have influenced a lot of my recent carvings.
My work owes a great debt to early Renaissance painters who often used different
rooms / areas / views through windows in the same picture to tell different aspects of
their story; also, to the Surrealist artists who have allowed my imagination to roam
freely through my life, from my childhood in North East Scotland to now living in
South West England. The images are easily recognised, but what is the story they
are telling? What is the relationship between these various images from different
places, different times?